21C/19C_Procedures for Anthropometric Image Reversal at KAOS vzw

21C/19C Procedures for Anthropometric Image Reversal by Antje Van WichelenThrough the lenses of 19th-century photographers, visual artist Antje Van Wichelen dives into the clichés and underlying motives of the Western colonial anthropometric photo collections. Using manual 16mm-film development and printing, she re-writes these images and gives us a new, contemporary perspective.21C/19C Procedures for Anthropometric Image Reversal is an artistic search for an engaged way of dealing with sensitive imagery.

Screenings with debateDuring four public evenings, different chapters will be shown on 16mm film. Afterwards, people are invited to join an open conversation. Please book in advance because seating is limited. You can sign up via loes@nadine.be.

A double-bill of the first two chapters: how were colonized people depicted? Which regard answered the unequal power relation in which they were photographed? We look at the poignant relation between the research methodologies of that time, power and aesthetics, and the impact the images have today.